31993R3584
28 . 12. 93 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 326/33
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 3584/93
of 27 December 1993
fixing the import levies on frozen beef and veal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, (c) 25 % where the market price is more than 104 % and less than or equal to 106% of the guide price ; Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European (d) 0 % where the market price is more than 106 % of Community, the guide price ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market Whereas, if it is found that the price of adult bovine animals on representative Community markets is equal to in beef and veal ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) or less than the guide price, the levy applicable equals the No 747/93 (2), and in particular Article 12 (8) thereof, following percentage of the basic levy :
Whereas, pursuant to Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No (a) 100 % where the market price is more than or equal 805/68, a levy is applicable to the products specified in to 98 % of the guide price ; Article 1 .( 1 ) (a) of that Regulation ; whereas Article 12 fixes the amount of the levy applicable by reference to a (b) 105 % where the market price is less than 98 % and percentage of the basic levy ; more than or equal to 96 % of the guide price ;
(c) 110 % where the market price is less than 96 % and Whereas, in respect of the types of frozen meat listed in more than or equal to 90 % of the guide price ; section (b) of the Annex to the said Regulation under CN codes 0202 10 00 and 0202 20 10, the basic levy is deter (d) 114 % where the market price is less than 90 % of mined on the basis of the difference between : the guide price ;
— the guide price multiplied by a coefficient represent Whereas the guide prices for adult bovine animals for the ing the ratio existing in the Community between the price of fresh meat of a category competitive with the 1993/94 marketing year have been fixed by Council Regulation (EEC) No 1563/93 0 ; frozen meat in question, presented in the same form, and the average price of adult bovine animals, and
— the Community free-at-frontier offer price for frozen Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1753/93 (6) meat, plus the amount of the customs duty and a stan determines certain prices fixed in ecus in the beef and dard amount representing the specific costs of the veal sector as a result of the monetary realignments in the import operations ; 1992/93 marketing year ;
Whereas, by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 586/77 of Whereas the Community free-at-frontier offer price for 18 March 1977 laying down rules for the application of frozen meat is determined by reference to the world the levies on beef and veal and amending Regulation market price based on the most representative purchasing (EEC) No 950/68 on the Common Customs Tariff (3), as possibilities, as regards quality and quantity, recorded over last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 366l /92 (4), the a certain period preceding the fixing of the basic levy, abovementioned coefficient, calculated in accordance with taking into account in particular : the rules laid down in Article 1 1 (2) (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68, has been fixed at 1,69 units of account — foreseeable developments on the market in frozen and the standard amount referred to in Article 11 (2) (b) meat, of the said Regulation has been fixed at ECU 6,65 ; — the most representative prices on third country markets for fresh and chilled meat of a category which Whereas, if it is found that the price of adult bovine is competitive with frozen meat, animals on representative Community markets is higher than the guide price, the levy applicable equals the fol — past experience ; lowing percentage of the basic levy :
(a) 75 % where the market price is less than or equal to Whereas the basic levy on the types of frozen meat listed 1 02 % of the guide price ; in section (b) of the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 under CN codes 0202 20 50 , 0202 20 90, (b) 50 % where the market price is more than 102 % and 0202 30 10, 0202 30 50 and 0202 30 90 is equal to the less than or equal to 104 % of the guide price ; basic levy fixed for the products falling within CN codes 0202 10 00 and 0202 20 10, multiplied by a standard (') OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6. 1968 , p. 24. (2) OJ No L 77, 31 . 3 . 1993, p. 15. (J) OJ No L 75, 23. 3 . 1977, p. 10. O OJ No L 154, 25. 6. 1993, p. 35 . (4) OJ No L 370, 19 . 12. 1992, p. 16. (6) OJ No L 161 , 2. 7. 1993, p. 44.
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coefficient fixed for each of the products in question ; Whereas prices for the different categories and qualities whereas these coefficients were fixed in Annex II to not obtained from prices which are 'live weight excluding Regulation (EEC) No 586/77 ; tax', are multiplied by the live weight conversion coeffi cients fixed in Annex II to the said Regulation and, in the case of Italy, are first increased or reduced by the correc tive amounts fixed in the said Annex : Whereas, for the purpose of fixing the free-at-frontier offer prices, offer prices that do not correspond to real purchasing possibilities or that relate to unrepresentative quantities should not be taken into account ; whereas Whereas if one or more Member States, for veterinary or offer prices should also be excluded when the movement health reasons for example, adopt measures affecting the of prices in general or the information available gives normal trend of prices recorded on their markets, the reason to believe that they are unrepresentative of the true Commission may disregard the prices recorded on the trend of prices in the country of origin ; market or markets in question, or use the latest prices recorded on the market or markets in question before the entry into force of such measures ; Whereas, where the free-at-frontier offer price for frozen meat differs by less than one unit of account per 100 kilo grams from that previously used for the calculation of the Whereas, in the absence of information, prices recorded levy, the latter price should be retained ; on representative Community markets are determined mainly by reference to the most recently recorded prices ;
Whereas pursuant to Article 12 (6) of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 the price of adult bovine animals on represen Whereas, for such period as the price of adult bovine tative Community markets is the price established on the animals recorded on representative Community markets basis of prices recorded over a period to be determined on differs by less than ECU 0,24 per 100 kilograms of live the representative market or markets of each Member weight from the price previously used, the latter is State for the various categories of adult bovine animals or retained ; of meat from such animals, taking into account the size of each of these categories and the relative size of the bovine herd of each Member State ; Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 (J), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 444/92 (4), lays down the arrangements applicable on agricultural products and Whereas the representative markets, categories and quali certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural ties of products and weighting coefficients are fixed in products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific Annex II to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 610/77 of States ; 18 March 1 977 on the determination of prices of adult bovine animals on representative Community markets and the survey of prices of certain other cattle in the Whereas Council Regulations (EEC) No 518/92 (5), as Community ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1460/93 (2); amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2233/93 (6), (EEC) No 519/92 Q, as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2234/93 (8), and (EEC) No 520/92 (9), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2235/93 (10), of 27 February 1992 on Whereas, for Member States with several representative certain procedures for applying the Interim Agreements markets, the price of each category and quality is equal to on trade and trade-related matters between the European the arithmetic mean of the prices recorded on each of Economic Community and the European Coal and Steel those markets ; for representative markets held several Community, of the one part, and the Republic of Poland, times in one period of seven days, the price of each cat the Republic of Hungary, the Czech Republic and the egory and quality is equal to the arithmetic mean of the Slovak Republic respectively, of the other part, introduce prices recorded on each market day ; whereas in respect of arrangements for reducing import levies on certain Italy the price of each category and quality is equal to the products ; whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No average, weighted by the special weighting coefficients 2697/93 (»), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 3558/ fixed in Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 610/77, of the 93 (12), lays down detailed rules for applying the arrange prices recorded in the surplus and deficit zones ; whereas ments provided for in these agreements as regards beef the price recorded in the surplus zone is equal to the and veal ; arithmetic mean of the prices recorded on each of the markets within that zone ; whereas in respect of the United Kingdom the weighted average prices of adult (3) OJ No L 84, 30 . 3 . 1990, p. 85. (4) OJ No L 52, 27 . 2. 1992, p. 7. bovine animals recorded on the representative markets of 0 OJ No L 56, 29 . 2. 1992, p. 3. Great Britain on the one hand and Northern Ireland on (6) OJ No L 200, 10. 8 . 1993, p. 3 . the other are adjusted by the coefficient fixed in the O OJ No L 56, 29 . 2. 1992, p. 6. abovementioned Annex II : (8) OJ No L 200, 10. 8 . 1993, p. 4. O OJ No L 56, 29 . 2. 1992, p. 9 . H OJ No L 200, 10. 8 . 1993, p. 5. (') OJ No L 77, 25. 3 . 1977, p. 1 . (") OJ No L 245, 1 . 10 . 1993, p. 75. (2) OJ No L 143, 15. 6. 1993 , p. 5. H OJ No L 324, 24. 12. 1993 , p. 38 .
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Whereas declarations have been submitted by both the altered, or in these case of changes in the prices recorded Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic informing the on Community representative markets ; Communities that both the Czech Republic and the Whereas the representative market rates defined in Article Slovak Republic continue to assume all the obligations 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92 (J), as deriving, inter alia, from the Interim Agreement between the Communities and the Czech and Slovak Federal amended by Regulation (EC) No 3528/93 (3), are used to convert amounts expressed in third country currencies Republic upon the dissolution of the latter on 31 and are used as the basis for determining the agricultural December 1992 and in consequence the concessions conversion rates of the Member States' currencies ; provided in the Interim Agreement should be accorded whereas detailed rules on the application and determina without distinction to products originating in the Czech tion of these conversions were set by Commission Regu Republic or in the Slovak Republic ; lation (EEC) No 1068 /93 (4) ; Whereas, pursuant to Article 101 ( 1 ) of Council Decision Whereas, having regard to the provisions of the aforemen 91 /482/EEC of 25 July 1991 on the association of the tioned Regulations, and in particular to the information overseas countries and territories with the European and quotations known to the Commission, the levies on Economic Community ('), no levies shall apply on frozen beef and veal should be as set out in the Annex imports of products originating in the overseas countries hereto, and territories ;
Whereas the various cuts of frozen meat are defined in HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Regulation (EEC) No 586/77 ;
Whereas, pursuant to Article 33 (2) of Regulation (EEC) Article 1 No 805/68, the nomenclature provided for in this Regula tion is incorporated in the combined nomenclature ; The import levies on frozen beef and veal shall be as set out in the Annex . Whereas the levies are fixed before the 27th day of each month and are applicable from the first Monday of the Article 2 following month ; whereas these levies may be altered in the period between two fixings where the basic levy is This Regulation shall enter into force on 3 January 1994.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States .
Done at Brussels, 27 December 1993 .
For the Commission
Rene STEICHEN
Member of the Commission
2) OJ No L 387, 31 . 12. 1992, p. 1 . (') OJ No L 320, 22. 12. 1993, p. 32. (') OJ No L 263 , 19 . 9 . 1991 , p. 1 . (4) OJ No L 108 , 1 . 5. 1993, p. 106.
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ANNEX
to the Commission Regulation of 27 December 1993 fixing the import levies on frozen beef and veal (') (2)
(ECU / 100 kg)
CN code Levy
— Net weight —
0202 10 00 173,041 (3) 0202 20 10 173,041 (3) 0202 20 30 1 38,432 (3) 0202 20 50 216,301 (3) 0202 20 90 259,561 (3) 0202 30 10 216,301 (3) 0202 30 50 216,301 (3) 0202 30 90 297,630 (3) 0206 29 91 297,630
(') In accordance with amended Regulation (EEC) No 715/90, levies are not applied to products imported directly into the French overseas departments, originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific States. (2) No import levy applies to OCT originating products according to Article 101 ( 1 ) of Decision 91 /482/EEC. (3) Products falling within this code, imported from Poland, the territories of the ex Czech and Slovak Federal Republic or Hungary under the Interim Agreements concluded between those countries and the Community, and in respect of which EUR.l certificates issued in accordance with Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2697/93 have been presented, are subject to the levies set out in the Annex to that Regulation.